Naved-ul-Hasan fights back for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 on the back foot
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The visitors ended day-one of the four-day game on 199 for the loss of seven wickets. The match was hindered by rain, which reduced the number of overs to 50.1 in the day.
The toss was won by the Sussex captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MH-Yardy-c1946, who put the visitors into bat. There was cloud cover over the ground, which suggested that the pitch would assist the seamers in the first couple of hours.
However, the start to the Somerset innings was an ideal one as openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arul-Vivasvan-Suppiah-c46093, batted positively. They didn’t take too many chances against the new ball and left the swinging deliveries. The pair put together 71 runs for the
first wicket before Suppiah was sent back to the pavilion.
The 27-year-old seasoned campaigner scored 31 runs off 57 balls with the help of six fours in his innings. He would have liked to carry on but was undone by an in-dipper by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Anyon-c1637, wrapping him onto the pads in-front of the stumps.
Trescothick didn’t lose his focus and continued to play fluent strokes. His promising innings came to an end after scoring 63 runs from 84 balls. Majority of his runs came in boundaries, as he struck 12 fours and one massive six.
The downfall of the Somerset’s skipper saw a collapse for the team. Wickets started falling at regular intervals.
Five wickets fell in a span of just 33 runs and the team was struggling at 150 for six. They were in a very strong position at one stage, losing just one batsman for 117 runs.
Middle-order batsman, Alex Barrow, tried to rescue his team from trouble but he was quickly running out of partners from the other end. However, lower-order player, Craig Meschede, gave good support to Barrow and the pair managed 47 runs for the seventh
wicket.
Meschede had to go back in the closing stages of the game after scoring 18 runs from 22 balls while Barrow was unbeaten on 37 before the day was called-off by the umpires.
Pakistan’s fast bowler, Naved-ul-Hasan was in menacing form, taking four wickets in the day. He did a terrific job and led the comeback of the hosts after Somerset got off to a decent start.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Amjad-Khan-c44095 also did a decent job, dismissing three batsmen in the innings.
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